Matthew Perry’s Cause of Death Confirmed by Officials

“Friends” actor Matthew Perry’s cause of death was due to the “acute effects” of the dissociative drug ketamine and other factors, according to an autopsy report released Friday. Mr. Perry died on Oct. 28 at age 54. The “acute effects of ketamine” were listed alongside drowning, according to the report. Other conditions that contributed include “coronary artery disease” and “buprenorphine effects,” the report listed, making reference to the opioid partial agonist drug. “Prescription medications and loose pills” were found at Mr. Perry’s residence when he was found, the report said. “The manner of death is accident,” it added. The report said he was on ketamine infusion therapy, with the most recent therapy occurring about 10 days before his death. It noted that he had significant levels of the drug, a hallucinogenic substance that became widely used as a club drug in the 1990s, in his system....